Letters to the Editor (Kay Bailey Hutchinson)

Cece Chesebro

Published 6:00 pm, Tuesday, December 6, 2005

As a concerned citizen of the planet Earth I have to tell you this frightens me and it angers me. Why are we playing God instead of cleaning up the mess we have already made on the planet? I don't want my air poisoned with aluminum, and barium, and silver, it's already bad enough. How many acres of coastal wetlands could we restore with $10 million a year? How many acres of rainforest could we replant? How many inspectors could we hire to test the air around the factories that everyone already knows pump out tons and tons of poisons every year?

How many lawyers could we hire to go after the polluters that our government keeps passing laws to protect? This bill won't protect "farmers" it will protect agribusiness.

Is it any wonder our weather is so messed up? How do we know Allison wasn't a cloud seeding experiment gone wrong? How do we know that Katrina wasn't someone's attempt to lessen the severity of a hurricane?

SB 517 is an evil piece of legislation and should be stopped dead in its tracks.